A 36-year-old Oakland woman died nine days after she was found unresponsive in the Santa Rita Jail, the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office said Friday. Jessica Watson died Thursday night at a local hospital where she was taken Oct. 13 after being discovered with something tied around her neck in her cell, the Sheriff’s Office said.
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